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A handsome pyramidal small tree, growing thirty or forty 

 feet high, with the lower branches rather drooping when old. 



It grows on the Islands in the Grecian Archipelago, Taurica, 

 Syria, Armenia, and between Teflis and Erivan ; also in Persian 

 Armenia, and Georgia. 



It is quite hardy, and very distinct from Juniper us excelsa of 

 Indian botanists, which is Juniperus religiosa. 



JuNiPERUs EXCELSA VARIEGATA, CarHere. 



A very striking variety, with variegated leaves and branchlets, 

 of French origin. 



No. 15. Juniperus flaccida, Schlecht, the Loose-growing 



Mexican Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus foetida flavida, Spach. 



„ „ gracilis, Endlicher. 



Leaves, in various forms, some opposite, and in pairs, others 

 in whorls of three, spreading at the points, needle or lance- 

 shaped, very small, and pointing upwards ; three-quarters of a 

 line long, with frequently an elongated gland, on the back of 

 those small rounded, and closely imbricated leaves on the 

 smaller branchlets of the adult plants ; those on the young 

 plants, spreading, straight, much longer, lance-shaped, and 

 bright green on both sides. Branches, naked towards the base, 

 slender, horizontal, drooping at the points, and covered with a 

 smooth greyish-brown bark ; branchlets numerous, on the ends 

 of the branches, four-sided, pliable, spread out, mostly growing 

 on one side, and pendant. Berries, large, globular, solitary, 

 half-an-inch in diameter, with projecting thin-pointed scales, 

 short scaly footstalks, and of a deep purple colour, covered with 

 a glaucous bloom. 



A graceful, loose-spreading, pyramidal bush, or small tree, 

 growing from fifteen to twenty feet high, with a drooping ap- 

 pearance. 



It is found on the mountains of Atotonilco el Chico, Regla, 

 and Real del Monte, in Mexico, at elevations of from 6,000 to 



